(Natalie Rahhal/ Daily Mail) — It does not matter what your tampon is made of – it can still cause toxic shock, according to a new study.
Tampons have no exception to the recent trend in organic-everything, and many companies have cashed in on promises of a safer, more natural product.
The notion of using an tampon or a washable menstrual cup may have made women feel more protected against the rare but lethal toxic shock syndrome.
But new research from the University Claude Bernard in France debunks that myth, concluding that neither cups nor cotton tampons prevent the feared syndrome.
Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is the stuff of pre-teen and teenage girls’ nightmares, but in reality, it affects less than one in every million women. (…)